14 DAY TRIAL // A new stable maintenance update of the ReactOS 0.4 series of operating systems that tries to recreate the design principles of Windows NT and offer binary compatibility is now available for download, versioned 0.4.4.
Coming exactly three months after the release of ReactOS 0.4.3, a point release that implemented the Winsock library and fixed over 340 bugs, ReactOS 0.4.4 is here to add initial printing support, as well as various general stability and usability improvements, most of which were planned during the FOSDEM 2017 meeting.
"Certainly one of the more notable albeit less visible additions was the incorporation of basic printing support by Colin Finck. At present ReactOS is only capable of sending print commands to a parallel port printer, but this is the first step towards universal support and Colin should be applauded for his effort," reads today's announcement.
Talking about overall improvements, ReactOS 0.4.4 appears to be the first in the series to dramatically enhance the rendering of the applications. Below, we've attached to screenshots so you can see what exactly the ReactOS developers are talking about in case you haven't had the chance to use the operating system on real hardware.
Long story short, it would appear that ReactOS 0.3 series didn't offer properly aligned and clear visibility of the toolbars and buttons of various applications. That has changed now, and you should have a much better experience when running ReactOS on your PC, which is now considered genuinely usable.
Make sure that you also check out the video attached below to see the new basic printing functionality in action, and don't hesitate to download the ReactOS 0.4.4 ISO images right now from the official website, as well as to check out the full changelog for all the technical details about the new bug fixes.
